A Pudsey metal fabricator is ramping up production of outdoor pizza ovens and indoor BBQ grills to meet demand for luxury home cooking appliances with support from Lloyds Bank. Huey Group Ltd has seen a surge in demand for its Deli Vita outdoor pizza ovens, stocked by retailers including John Lewis, which the firm manufactures […]
The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) welcomes the temporary VAT cut for food and drinks.. In the Plan for Jobs presented by the chancellor, it was announced that the rate of VAT on supplies of food and non-alcoholic drinks by restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes and similar premises will be cut temporarily from 20% to 5%. […]
Ahead of the reopening of pubs and restaurants on Wednesday 15th July as lockdown measures are eased, chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising those hospitality sector operators facing financial difficulties because of the coronavirus to consider applying to the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) for financial assistance. With estimates that around 100,000 of the 280,000 […]
An award-winning, family-run hotel, pub and wedding venue in Swansea is hoping to welcome patrons back in July following support from Bank of Scotland. Based on the Gower peninsular, the King Arthur Hotel has secured a six-figure loan from Bank of Scotland via the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) to help it cover critical […]
Torquay Leisure Hotels Limited, the South West’s largest serviced accommodation provider, successfully secured a £1m Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) facility from Santander UK. The Group has now begun reopening in stages to comply with industry and government guidelines. The Group was established in the 1940s and has seen strong growth in recent years. […]
Old Amersham Hotels (Holdings) Ltd, a company that runs three popular local hotels and venues in Buckinghamshire, plus its sister company Redesdale Holdings Ltd, which runs hotels in the Cotswolds, have each received a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) overdraft via Cynergy Bank. Both companies refinanced loans with Cynergy Bank in February of 2020. […]
As the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors across England prepare to reopen this weekend, Greater Manchester leaders have issued a joint statement which sets out principles that will be adopted across the city-region to support these sectors. Leaders have pledged to make the case to government for more support for the tourism, leisure and hospitality […]
Leading pub membership organisation, the Forum of Private Pubs, is reporting that only 50% of our pubs are likely actually to open on Saturday, based on a survey of their members undertaken over this weekend. Specifically focusing on the guidelines issued by the government, only 27% of the pubs responding felt they were clear and […]
Parogon Pub Group Limited, operator of seven gastropubs based in Staffordshire, has secured £2m of funding from Santander UK as part of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The funding will enable the business to meet immediate cashflow needs and ready the sites for reopening this weekend. Based in Staffordshire, Parogon Pub Group is […]
A group of popular Derbyshire restaurant hotels has secured a six-figure Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan from Lloyds Bank to help secure its future as it keeps its doors shut during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Boar’s Head in Draycott-in-the-Clay, The Lion Hotel in Belper and The Littleover Lodge Hotel in Littleover are owned […]
